Problem-Solving Ability and Stress Mediate the Relationship Between Creativity and Happiness

Tan, Chee‐Seng; Tan, Soon-Aun; Hashim, Intan Hashimah Mohd; Lee, Mah-Ngee; Ong, Anna Wen‐Huey; Yaacob, Siti Nor

doi:10.1080/10400419.2019.1568155

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“…As studies on different populations have consistently found that stress is negatively associated with happiness [68,69] and subjective well-being [63,64] stress was included as a covariate variable in the present study to exclude its confounding effect on the relationship between creativity and subjective well-being. The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) [70] was thus employed for participants to self-report their stress levels in the past week using a 5-point Likert scale (0 = never, 4 = very often).…”

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“…Past studies found that creativity is a significant contributor to dishonest behaviors [ 85 , 86 ], and those dishonest behaviors can significantly predict subjective well-being [ 87 ]. Moreover, Tan et al [ 69 ] demonstrated that creativity is indirectly associated with happiness through problem-solving ability and stress. These findings suggest that creativity could enhance subjective well-being indirectly via different paths.…”

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Being Creative Makes You Happier: The Positive Effect of Creativity on Subjective Well-Being

Tan

Chuah

Lee

2021

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The impact of happiness on creativity is well-established. However, little is known about the effect of creativity on well-being. Two studies were thus conducted to examine the impact of creativity on subjective well-being. In the first study, 256 undergraduate students (Study 1a) and 291 working adults (Study 1b) self-reported their creativity, stress, and subjective well-being. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed a positive relationship between creativity and subjective well-being after controlling the effect of self-perceived stress and demographics in both samples. Study 2 then employed an experimental design to examine the causal relationship between creativity and subjective well-being. Half of the 68 undergraduates underwent a creativity priming task followed by a divergent thinking test as well as self-reported stress and subjective well-being. The priming task was found to boost creative performance in the pilot study (Study 2a) and the actual study (Study 2b). Moreover, after controlling the effect of self-perceived stress, ANCOVA analysis showed that participants receiving the priming reported higher subjective well-being scores than their counterparts in the control group. The overall findings not only shed light on the facilitative effect of creativity on subjective well-being but also highlight the necessity of considering the reciprocal relationship of the two constructs in future research.

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Being Creative Makes You Happier: The Positive Effect of Creativity on Subjective Well-Being

Tan

Chuah

Lee

2021

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“…Ceci and Kumar (2016) asserted that creativity might accompany positive feelings, and creative people might show a greater happiness. Various studies remarked that certain psychological strengths that are closely associated with well-being (i.e., positive affect, flourishing, self-efficacy, life satisfaction, and happiness) seem to have a positive link with creativity (Conner, DeYoung, & Silvia, 2018;Goff, 1993;Tamannaeifar & Motaghedifard, 2014;Tan et al, 2019). Similarly, Amabile, Barsade, Mueller, and Staw (2005) found that creativity has a positive correlation with positive mood and creative thoughts have a positive correlation with positive affect and psychological adjustment.…”

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Creativity and Well‐being: A Meta‐analysis

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Tadik

Myers

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Journal of Creative Behavior

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Creativity and well-being are popular subjects in psychological and organizational studies. The recent literature presented mixed perspectives about the nature of the relationship between the two. Whereas the mad-genius hypothesis, which was often explored among eminently creative individuals, seems to imply a negative relationship between the two, trends in the field of creativity, such as everyday creativity and general psychology (i.e., positive psychology) linked them positively. The present meta-analysis study synthesized 189 effect sizes obtained from 32 samples in 26 different studies based on a total sample of 8,189. Analyses with multilevel modeling yielded a mean effect of r = .14. The moderator analysis tested the impact of age, gender, measure of creativity, measure of well-being, stimulus type of creativity measure, and index of creativity measure. Only the creativity measure explained the variation in the study outcomes. The relationship between creativity and well-being was significantly higher when creativity was measured by instruments focusing on creative activity and behavior (r = .22) than the divergent thinking tasks (r = .06). Those findings are discussed in terms of theoretical and practical implications.

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“…As seen above, mindfulness (Bishop, 2002;Carmody & Baer, 2008;Grossman et al, 2004;Janssen et al, 2018;Shapiro et al, 2005) and problem-solving skills (Braun-Lewensohn et al, 2014;Largo-Wight et al, 2005;Tan et al, 2019;Yu, 2018) have an important effect in reducing the stress level of students. However, there can be a two-way relationship between mindfulness and problem-solving skills and stress.…”

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Mindfulness, Problem-solving Skills and Academic Achievement: Do Perceived Stress Levels Matter?

Dikmen¹

2022

Kuramsal Eğitimbilim

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This study examines the relationship between higher education students' perceived stress levels, and their problem solving skills, awareness levels and academic achievement. Also, the mediating role of mindfulness levels and problem-solving skills on the association between perceived stress level and academic achievement was investigated. The research was designed according to the correlational research design, one of the quantitative research methods. The participants of the study consisted of 938 higher education students. For data collection, three different questionnaires were administered to the participants. In addition, the personal information form prepared by the researcher was used to obtain the students' demographic characteristics and grade point averages (GPA). The results showed that there was a significant negative relationship between perceived stress levels of higher education students and their mindfulness, problem solving skills, and academic achievement. Also, it was found that mindfulness and problem-solving skills had a mediating role in the association between perceived stress level and academic achievement. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that mindfulness-based approaches and problem-solving skills are important for higher education students to reduce their stress levels and increase academic success. The limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed.

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Problem-Solving Ability and Stress Mediate the Relationship Between Creativity and Happiness

Cited by 32 publications

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Being Creative Makes You Happier: The Positive Effect of Creativity on Subjective Well-Being

Being Creative Makes You Happier: The Positive Effect of Creativity on Subjective Well-Being

Creativity and Well‐being: A Meta‐analysis

Mindfulness, Problem-solving Skills and Academic Achievement: Do Perceived Stress Levels Matter?

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